It has been a busy year since I last posted. For those who wanted to look at our adoption profile I apologize it is no longer available. We are still hoping to adopt; but due to our homestudy lapsing while I was sick, we will no longer be working with LDS Family Services. Our Profile is under construction, and I hope to have it back up soon.
We just returned from our first Mulholland family style road trip. It did not go exactly as planned; but we still had fun, and got the most important things done. We stopped in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma, on our way to Tennesee. There we met Joan (Loki's mom) at a beautiful campground outside of Memphis. We spent a day as honored guests at the National Civil Rights Musuem. Loki filmed the last scene of the documentary he is working on, and two local news station interviewed Joan about her involvement in the Movement. The RV broke down, leaving us without a place to stay and no transportation (a drawback to having them combined in one) while in Tennesee. I think that is as close to homeless as I ever want to be. Jordan and Dessa called us the bag people, because that is all we had to put our clothes and things in while staying at motels. Despite this set back we sent Addie and Joan on their way to Canada, which was the second reason for our trip.


Three days later we gladly left Tennessee behind, and headed for Missouri. There we saw the St. Louis Arch and a wonderful museum about the move of the United States westward. We had planned to make stops in Illinois, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Idaho, but after encounter with a tick and some unknown bug we decided to head home. Once back we did a frantic cleaning, so as not to bring anything in the house with us, and have now settled back into life.
Joan and Addie made it to Canada, where they will be 'til the first of August. It is always a little strange for me to send one of our kids off on their "trip with Gogo". I find myself worrying if I have taught them all they needed to be away from home. They have all looked forward to their trip, but Addie even more so. I am grateful Joan takes them, and there are always "adventures".That is life, though. John Lennon sang, "Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans." I don't know how he knew it, but boy was he right!

At the headwaters of the Mississippi, missing Addie.

The beautiful Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, where 9 brave students integrated the first public school.

At the Loraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. was shot. Now the National Civil Rights Museum in
 Memphis, Tennessee.